Koelnmesse GmbH

Koelnmesse GmbH

The trade fairs and exhibitions staged in Cologne/Germany are very international, and Koelnmesse organizes more than 30 of its own events abroad. The worldwide business activities of Koelnmesse greatly benefit its customers, and the company has subsidiaries, foreign representatives and representative offices in over 100 countries.

Founded in 1922, Koelnmesse organizes currently the leading trade fairs for about 25 business sectors and is active in the fields of Furniture, Interior Design and Textiles; Food; House, Garden and Leisure; Health, Lifestyle and Facilities; IT and Digital Entertainment; Communications, Art and Fashion and Technology and Environment. More than 44,000 exhibiting companies and over 2.5 million visitors take part in Koelnmesse's own events, which number approximately 80 in all. An average of 60 per cent of the exhibitors and about one third of the visitors come from abroad. The Koelnmesse exhibition centre, which comprises 284,000 square metres of hall space, is the fifth-largest facility of its kind in the world - and one of the most attractive.

In order to help its customers globalize their business activities, Koelnmesse works together with its locally established subsidiaries to stage trade fairs abroad - especially in the sectors for which the company stages leading global trade fairs in Cologne. In terms of regions, its focus is on the booming markets in China and India. In addition, Koelnmesse organizes joint participations and information stands on behalf of Germany's states and various federal ministries. Koelnmesse supports its customers in the world's most important markets, whether they are participating in one of Koelnmesse's own events or in a trade fair participation abroad.